Thursday, 7 November 2013

Week 33

The baby inside you is now about 4.4 pounds (2 kg) and around
17.5 inches (44cm) in length.

The diameter of the head is about 8.5cm.

The baby fuzz, lanugo, is disappearing.

Your baby drinks about a pint of amniotic fluid a day.

You may gain a pound a week (500g) for the rest of your
pregnancy.

Half of your weight gain will go directly to your baby.

The baby is using it's lungs to practice breathing by inhaling
amniotic fluid. Your baby is drinking about a pint of amniotic fluid a day
now and urinating the same amount. The early baby fuzz, lanugo, is
disappearing now and being replaced by actual hair. The nails of your baby
are now long enough to reach to the tip of the fingers or beyond and may need
trimming as soon as they are born. They may scratch their face even before
birth.